Zoology
The program vigorously promotes integrative research in biology and actively participates in several interdisciplinary programs, including the graduate programs in genetics, neuroscience, applied mathematics, and resource management.
Zoology offers a wide variety of research programs leading to the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in the following areas: cell and developmental biology, community and population ecology, comparative physiology and biochemistry, neurobiology, and evolutionary biology.
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Faculty Members in Zoology
Name | Research Interests |
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Abraham, Ninan | Mammals, pathogens, genetic analysis, proper cell funtion, development, maintenance and proper functioning of T- and B-cells |
Altshuler, Doug | Zoology; flight control; visual guidance; visual neuroscience; neuroethology; avian biomechanics; aerodynamics; wing morphing; motor control |
Angert, Amy | Plant biology; Zoology; Biodiversity and Biocomplexity; biogeography; biological responses to climate change; Conservation Biology; Ecological and Ecophysiological Processes; evolutionary ecology; population biology |
Auld, Vanessa | Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Zoology; Cell; Cell Biology; Development; Developmental Genetics; epithelia; Genetics; glia; in vivo imaging; Molecular Genetics; nervous system; Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis; permeability barriers |
Aviles, Leticia | Community ecology (except invasive species ecology); Animal behaviour |
Benson-Amram, Sarah | |
Brauner, Colin | Gas exchange, ion regulation and acid-base balance in fish, Evolution and comparative physiology |
Bruce, Heather | Evolution of developmental systems; Evolutionary developmental biology (evo devo); Arthropods; Novel structures; Production of morphological diversity by genetic networks; Evolution of genetic networks over hundreds of millions of years; Evolution of morphology over hundreds of millions of years; Appendages |
Christensen, Villy | Fisheries management; Global change biology; Ecosystem function; Ecosystem modelling |
Doebeli, Michael Walter | Mathematical ecology and evolution, evolution of diversity, adaptive speciation, evolution of cooperation, game theory, experimental evolution in microorganisms |
Gaynor, Kaitlyn | behavioral responses of animals to human presence; effects of anthropogenic disturbance on predator-prey and other species interactions; socio-ecological dynamics of conservation and coexistence |
Germain, Rachel | Ecology; evolution |
Gordon, Michael | Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Zoology; Chemosensation; Drosophila; Feeding; Gustation; Neural circuits; Neuronal Systems; neuroscience; Sensory systems; Taste |
Harley, Christopher | Fisheries sciences; Zoology; climate change; community ecology; Ecology and Quality of the Environment; marine algae; marine invertebrates |
Hauert, Christoph | Mathematics and statistics; Modelization and Simulation; Evolution and Phylogenesis; Biological Behavior; dynamical systems; evolution; game theory; social dilemmas; stochastic processes |
Hinch, Scott | salmon migrations, salmon ecology, salmon fisheries, fish conservation, land use impacts (e.g. forestry) on fish and habitat, Salmon, conservation, ecology, fish ecology, fisheries management, stream, and riperian ecology |
Irwin, Darren | Zoology; evolutionary genetics; genomic differentiation; hybridization; ornithology; seasonal migration; speciation |
Jankowski, Jill | Ecology |
King, Kayla | host-microbial parasite/pathogen systems |
Kremen, Claire | Natural environment sciences; Zoology; agroecological farming systems; Reconciliation of agricultural land use with biodiversity conservation; sustainable landscapes |
Leander, Brian | Plant biology; Zoology; Comparative organismal biology; Evolutionary morphology; Evolutionary protistology; Marine biodiversity; Marine invertebrate zoology; Phylogenetic biology; Species discovery |
Mank, Judith | evolution; How selection acts on males and females within a species; How the genome responds to contradictory selection to encode sexually dimorphic traits; Sex chromosomes; Gene regulation; Sexual conflict |
Marshall, Katie | Animal physiology, environmental stress; Environmental Change; Marine biodiversity; Population Ecology; invertebrates and temperature adaptation |
Matsuuchi, Linda | Intracellular signaling, signal transduction, receptor and membrane biology; Cell Biology; Immunology |
Matthews, Benjamin | Genomics; Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Zoology; Aedes aeygpti mosquitoes; Arboviral pathogens; Chikungunya; Comparative Physiology; Dengue fever; Genome of mosquitoes; Yellow fever; Zika |
Matthews, Philip | Animal physiology, respiration; Insect biology; Animal physiology, biophysics; Comparative biomechanics; Animal physiological ecology; Comparative Physiology; biomechanics; Insect physiology; Respiratory Physiology |
Mizumoto, Kota | Cell and Developmental Biology |
O'Connor, Mary | climate change, ocean, seafood, seagrass, eelgrass, invertebrate, ecology, environment, |
Otto, Sarah | evolution, mathematical modeling, population genetics, genomic evolution, evolution of sex, yeast experimental evolution, Population genetics and evolutionary biology, yeast |
Pante, Nelly | Molecular trafficking pathways within the cell |
Parfrey, Laura | Microbial ecology, microbial diversity, microbiome, protists |
Pauly, Daniel | World fisheries; Marine life; Global catch; Management of fisheries; Fish growth and ecophysiology |
Ramer, Matthew | Pain, Plasticity, Regeneration, Sensory neurons, Sympathetic neurons |
Richards, Jeffrey | Adaptive significance of the mechanisms coordinating cellular responses to stress |
Rosen, David | Animal physiology; Physiology, behaviour, and ecology of marine mammals;; Bioenergetics; Nutrition; Conservation physiology |
Schluter, Dolph | Biological adaptation; Speciation (evolutionary processes); Natural selection and sexual selection; evolution; Origin of species; evolutionary genetics; Adaptive radiation |
Schulte, Patricia | Molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, genomics, population genetics, and evolutionary biology to address the question, what are the physiological adaptations that allow animals to live in particular environments? |
Snutch, Terrance Preston | Medical biotechnology, n.e.c.; Brain Disorders; Animal models; genomics; Drug discovery & development |
Soma, Kiran | Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Psychology and cognitive sciences; Zoology; Behavior; Biological Behavior; Endocrinology; Neuroendocrine Diseases; Neuronal Communication and Neurotransmission; Neuronal Systems; neuroscience; stress |
Srivastava, Diane | biodiversity, tropics, Costa Rica, insects, mites, food webs, habitat loss, Community ecology, conservation, how species loss from food webs can affect the way ecosystems function |
Sugioka, Kenji | Basic medicine and life sciences; Cell division; Animal morphogenesis; Cytoskeletal dynamics |
Taylor, Eric | possible threats to native fish; native BC fish biodiversity; fish biology and conservation; evolution, Evolution and conservation of fishes |
Tetzlaff, Wolfram | Neural development and regeneration |
Trites, Andrew | marine mammals, seals, sea lions, whales, dolphins, fisheries competition, population biology, ecology, Marine mamals research centre, biology of marine mammals, population dynamics, bioenergetics, fisheries |
Tseng, Michelle | Population ecology; Community ecology (except invasive species ecology); Evolutionary impacts of climate change; Biological adaptation; Ecological impacts of climate change; Insect & plankton ecology; Community and evolutionary ecology; Community responses to warming; Urban biodiversity |
Vincent, Amanda | Ecological applications, n.e.c.; Marine ecology (including marine ichthyology); Biodiversity; Natural environment sustainability studies; Natural resource management; Wildlife and habitat management |
Wei, Kevin | Cell and Developmental Biology; evolution |
Whitlock, Michael | Evolution, forces which control the nature and distribution of genotypes in subdivided populations and how does this affect the outcome of other evolutionary processes |